Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... tafte , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From fultry funs ; and , in their shaded walks And long protracted bow'rs , enjoy'd at noon The gloom and coolness of declining day . We bear our ...
... tafte , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From fultry funs ; and , in their shaded walks And long protracted bow'rs , enjoy'd at noon The gloom and coolness of declining day . We bear our ...
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... , and in the eye Of public note , they reach their perfect fize . Such London is , by tafte and wealth proclaim'd The fairest capital of all the world , By riot and incontinence the worst . There , touch'd BOOK 1 . 31 THE SOFA .
... , and in the eye Of public note , they reach their perfect fize . Such London is , by tafte and wealth proclaim'd The fairest capital of all the world , By riot and incontinence the worst . There , touch'd BOOK 1 . 31 THE SOFA .
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... tafte no scenes But fuch as art contrives , poffefs ye ftill Your element ; there only can ye fhine ; There only minds like your's can do no harm . Our groves were planted to console at noon The penfive wand'rer in their shades . At eve ...
... tafte no scenes But fuch as art contrives , poffefs ye ftill Your element ; there only can ye fhine ; There only minds like your's can do no harm . Our groves were planted to console at noon The penfive wand'rer in their shades . At eve ...
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... tafte Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With fuch a zeal to be what they approve , That no reftraints can circumfcribe them more Than they themselves by choice , for wifdom's fake ; Nor can example hurt them : what they fee Of ...
... tafte Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With fuch a zeal to be what they approve , That no reftraints can circumfcribe them more Than they themselves by choice , for wifdom's fake ; Nor can example hurt them : what they fee Of ...
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... tafte thee unimpair'd and pure , Or , tafting , long enjoy thee ; too infirm , Or too incautious , to preferve thy sweets Unmixt with drops of bitter , which neglect Or temper sheds into thy cryftal cup . Thou art the nurse of virtue ...
... tafte thee unimpair'd and pure , Or , tafting , long enjoy thee ; too infirm , Or too incautious , to preferve thy sweets Unmixt with drops of bitter , which neglect Or temper sheds into thy cryftal cup . Thou art the nurse of virtue ...
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Page 327 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Page 40 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 119 - tis the twanging horn ! O'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Page 335 - Said Gilpin — So am I ! But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Page 40 - As human Nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast.
Page 41 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Page 34 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves?
Page 56 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Page 189 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That plann'd, and built, and still upholds a world So...
Page 333 - The bottles twain, behind his back, were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke as they had basted been. But still he...